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The Dr. Vibe Show™: Dr. Chetachi Egrw And Lia Miller “The Irrational Fear Of Black Folk For Doing Innocuous Things”

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Chetachi A. Egwu

Chetachi A. Egwu is a Nigerian American professor, writer/producer, filmmaker, dancer/choreographer, artist and actor . She earned a BA in Communication from the University of Buffalo in 1996, then moved on to Howard University in Washington, DC, where she completed a Masters and Ph.D. in Mass Communication.

Dr. Egwu has served as a faculty member in the communication departments at Morgan State University, The George Washington University and Nova Southeastern University. She is currently communication faculty at the University of Maryland University College.

Her work has been featured in academic journals, newspapers and online publications such as The Grio and The Burton Wire, her creative nature reaches beyond writing. Dr. Egwu is also a dancer/choreographer and was a member of Carla and Company, Coyaba Dance Theater, Choreographers Collaboration Project in Washington DC and featured in several other projects. An avid filmmaker, she is currently co-producer and co-director for the documentaries Runway Afrique and No Justice, No Peas: Getting A Veggie In The Hood, and co-producer, director and cinematographer for the documentary Sunshine Chic. Dr. Egwu also is the host of MediaScope on the streaming platforms Periscope and Facebook Live live on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Eastern.

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Lia Miller

Featured in Griots Republic magazine, Nia Magazine, Heart & Soul Magazine, Times Union (the leading newspaper for the New York state capital district), and on , (BMWK), , , , the Dr. Vibe Show, and more, Lia Miller (also known online as Lia World Traveler) is an award-winning blogger, sought after freelance writer, children’s book author, clinically trained social worker with emphasis on childhood and family dynamics, diversity and social inclusion advocate, event producer, social media personality, public speaker, and foreign policy expert. She is also the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Peace & Purpose (P&P), a social enterprise that serves as a catalyst and launch pad for female entrepreneurs worldwide to expand to new markets, grow their businesses, and in the process, improve their own lives and in turn, their communities. Lia is a wife and mother of two, current foreign service officer/diplomat, and lives overseas in La Paz, Bolivia. Find her online at or @liaworldtraveler ( on Twitter) across social media.

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Recently, Dr. Egrw and Ms. Miller were on show talking about The Irrational Fear Of Black Folk For Doing Innocuous Things.

During the conversation, they talked about:

– Why does this keep on happening andwhy are we hearing about incidents are blacks considered to be dangerous when they are doing nothing wrong in a public spaces
– The role that gentrification plays with this issue
– The root causes of these calls, if this happens in Bolivia and it being better being Black in Bolivia than in the United States
– Lia concerns for her children with her family moving back in the United States
– Blacks need to be concerned about self-preservasation
– Many Blacks not taking self-care seriously
– What is the fear that some Whites have of Blacks is based on
– That some African Americans fear other African Americans
– That integration has caused a number of white people to fear Black people
– “We put a yard/meter stick up to ourselves that we don’t use against others.” Dr. Tachi
– Their calls to action for Blacks and non-Blacks

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